Native Stuggles Against Climate Injustice

Wed. April 15th 7:00 pm UW-Madison Memorial Union (Check Today in the Union TITU for exact location) Native Stuggles Against Climate Injustice! Join indigenous activists from Alaska and Montana as they visit Madison on their Midwest tour and hear about their communities’ resistance to corporate resource extraction which threatens their way of life. Speakers include: Nikos Pastos, environmental sociologist and expert on technological/industrial disasters (Salish - Kootenai Tribes – Flathead Nation, Montana) and Carl Wassilie, community organizer, environmental sovereignty expert, and co-founder of Alaska’s Big Village Network (Yup’ik Nation - Alaska). Discussion will follow on solidarity organizing for climate justice across the continent. Hosted by the Madison Infoshop and Family Farm Defenders, among many others. Info? #262-9036 or jepeck@wisc.edu